Romanian MiG-21 LanceR

The prototype MiG-21 first flew in 1956, with the
operational fighter entering service with the Soviet Union in 1959. Since then
over 60 nations have operated the 11,000 that were produced, with over 2,000
also being licence built in China as the Chengdu J-7.

Romania is one of a handful of nations that continue to
operate the supersonic fighter and who, after the collapse of the Soviet Union,
faced a shortage of spare parts out of Russia. This precipitated the
modernisation of the Romanian fleet, with a total of 111 aircraft being
upgraded between 1995 and 2002 and being given the LanceR designation. The only
other European operator is Serbia, with just three remaining in their fleet as
of 2017.

The LanceR-C is the air defence variant of the fleet and is
the type that Romania will be sending to the 2018 Air Tattoo.